tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248886363140834124.post6203909906205331561..comments2023-06-26T05:05:01.268-05:00Comments on Bernie Poole's Fulbright to India: Of Women, Widows, and Child BridesFulbright to Indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03562429223157950825noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248886363140834124.post-90829613728716617582011-09-07T16:20:10.285-05:002011-09-07T16:20:10.285-05:00Principled making my first mail at berniepoolesful...Principled making my first mail at berniepoolesfulbrighttoindia.blogspot.com, which seems to be a wonderful forum!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248886363140834124.post-39628670608489383942011-04-29T13:38:18.550-05:002011-04-29T13:38:18.550-05:00If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you wo...If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6248886363140834124.post-86934037923451336422009-10-13T02:09:19.138-05:002009-10-13T02:09:19.138-05:00My Grandfather Pt.Ved Lal Dhar (Vakil) was the fir...My Grandfather Pt.Ved Lal Dhar (Vakil) was the first kasmiri Brahmin who fought for the child widows of Kasmir valley. So much so, at the height of his campaign, he set an example by marrying my grandmother Leelawati Dhar who was a child widow herself. The year was 1933, before India got her independence, child widows in Kashmir started their independence movement thanks to Pt. Ved Lal Dhar.Sonoo Dharnoreply@blogger.com